++ [ originally posted by Monkfish ] ++
My point was, against the smaller teams, with or without DP, Juve will still most probably win, if it's not DP doing the scoring, then somebody will as Juve are likely to overpower the 'lesser' teams.
In the big games, when Juve need all their players to perform, and the 'star' players are the ones who are capable of turning the game with a moment of brilliance - in these games DP is non-existant.
We don't necessarily need DP to be brilliant against the Sienas, the Regginas and the Atalantas...but we do need him to be brilliant against Inter, Milan, even Liverpool. The games where we need a spark, or someone who can make a difference.
In these games DP tends to do very little, if anything at all - that is why the point I made was important.
When we need him, he does not perform. That's a fvcking big deal.